First issues of federal vehicle safety standards, stemming from Highway Safety Acts of 1966, were directed toward passenger cars; vehicle safety standards for trucks are now receiving strong attention of National Highway Safety Bureau; paper attempts to review accident research and data collection in United States summarizing present state of knowledge of accident causation and injury causation related to trucking; reference is made to Cornell Automotive Crash Injury Research project and its principal findings; some suggestions are made for improving trucking industry; safety program, for example, central safety organization, development of accident research, vehicle safety research program, safety door latches, and super freightway. (48647)


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    Title :

    Truck accidents and traffic safety -- Overview


    Additional title:

    SAE Paper


    Contributors:
    Wolf, R.A. (author)

    Conference:

    SAE Meeting ; 1968


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    19 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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